Oil-can.



V. G. COX.

OIL CAN.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.19, 1913.

Patented Apr. 7, 1914.

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OIL-CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. '7, 1914.

Application flied November 19, 1913.- Serial No. 801,836.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VIRGIL C. Cox, a citizen of the United States,residing at Paducab, in the county of McCracken and State of Kentucky,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cans, of whichthe following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improve ments in oil cans of thecompartment type, and is designed particularly for storing oilsconvenient for use. i

The primary object of the invention is the provision of an oil canhaving a plurality of compartments, and having a member common to all ofthe compartments through which oil may pass from a selected compartmentas desired.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction andcombinations and arrangements of parts includlng a rotary lugconstructed to form a valve adapted for. use with any selected one ofthe plurality of compartments.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example ofthe physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to thebest mode I have so far devised for the practical application of theprinciples.

Figure 1 is a vertical central sectional view of the oil can embodyingmy invention, some parts being shown in elevation. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal sectional view of Fig. 1 on line 2--2.

The can as shown in Fig. 2, in the preferred embodiment, is rectangularin cross section, and comprises compartments 1, 2, 3, and 4 in whichkerosene oil, asolene, and foot oil respectively, may e contained. InFig. 2 it will be noted that the compartments 1 and 2 are formed by onepiece of metal bent to proper shape, the seam being soldered at 5between the compartments 2 and 3. The compartments 2 and 4 are formed bylates 6 and 7, respectively, which at their ends are soldered to thecorners of the compartments 1 and 2, as at 8. The walls 9, 10, 11, and12 converge at the center of the can, and form, with the outside walls,the four compartments, each of which is rectangular in cross section. Inthe upper end of the can the top 12 is centrally perforated for thereception of a sleeve 13, the latter'being formed with an annular flange14 that is soldered to the top 12 of the can. This sleeve 13 is providedwith a ta- .shown in perlng bore at its upper end which has four outletsas 15, 16, 17, and 18 openin each onemto a compartment of the can. permgbore of the sleeve is adapted to recelve the correspondingly taperedplug 19 which is bored out at 20, and has a port 21 which is adapted toregister with a selected one of the openings 15, 16, 17, or 18. Thisplug forms a valve to close three of the open ngs, and to open thefourth, and it is provided on its lower end with a stem 22 which proects through a perforated washer 23 restlng against an annular flange orshoulder 24 of the sleeve 13. A spring 25 surrounds the stem 22, andbears upon a second washer 26 which is held on the stem by a key 27. Inthis manner the plug is held' in its tapered seat because of thepressure of the spring downwardly upon the washer 26, from the washer23. Below the stem the open end of the sleeve or bushing 13 is closed bya plate 28, and the upper end of the tapering plug has a s out 29screwed therein by means of the t reads 30. The top 12 of the can isprovided with markings to indicate the stopping point for the plug, whenit is rotated to register with a selected compartment opening.

In using the oil .can the plug, which is roughened or gnarled at thehead or flange 31, may be rotated and is revolved in the tapering seatof the bushing until the port 21 is made to register with the selectedcan opening 15, 16, 17, or 18, the port being Fig. 1 as registering withthe opening 18 from compartment 2, so that cylinder oil may be expelledfrom the spout 29. The oil is expelled from the can by squeezing uponthe side of the compartment from which it is desired to expel the oil,as will be readily understood.

From the above description taken in connection with my drawings it willbe understood that I have provided a durable, compact, and easilyoperated oil can which is he tasimple in construction and comparativelyI claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with an oil can having a plurality of compartmentsand a hollow bushing having a single opening to each compartment, of aplug revoluble in said bushlng and having a port adapted to registerwith any one of said openings, a spout in the plug, and a spring holdingthe plug to its seat in the bushing. V

2. The combination with an oil can having a plurality of compartmentsand a hollow bushing having an opening into each compartment, of arevoluble plug having a VIRGIL (100x.

Witnesses:

C. C. GRossHow, FRANCES JOHNSON.

